Obama’s Drilling Moratorium Has Not Increased Unemployment in Gulf Region, Administration Report

ap ^ | 9/16/10 | Erica Werner

[Lurker]

the moratorium imposed after the BP oil spill might have temporarily cost 8,000 to 12,000 jobs on oil rigs and elsewhere. But it found no net job loss in the region, thanks in part to a big hiring push for cleanup crews and massive spending

They really think we're stupid enough to fall for this sh**.

[Smokin' Joe]

But it found no net job loss in the region, thanks in part to a big hiring push for cleanup crews and massive spending

Not all jobs are created equal, nor are the paychecks.

I seriously doubt picking up tarballs paid as well as a driller or rig hand offshore--and how long are the cleanup crews going to be employed?

[kcvl]

They really do think we are stupid!

[kcvl]

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the Administration forged ahead with plans to stop all drilling in water depths over 500 feet until November 30, even though its own estimates showed the ban would cost some 23,000 job.

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the state of Louisiana, 2005 figures estimate 15.4 percent of total household earnings could be traced back to these earnings, amounting to some $12.7 billion dollars. The moratorium will lead to a cessation of worker training, as well as job losses among those already employed in these industries. One estimate by a consulting firm places total job losses by 2014 at 120,000. Many of these job losses would be outside the “big” oil companies that have become synonymous with the area, as Gulf oil exploration was essentially pioneered by smaller energy companies.

[kcvl]

New offshore drilling limited

Obama orders rigs to stop work on about 30 exploratory wells
By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
May 28, 2010, 12:12AM

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They expect us to believe stopping 30+ wells didn’t cost any job loses!

[Marine_Uncle]

The L/MSM will give them a pass on it. But will increasing numbers of voters believe it.